Thread regarding T-Mobile layoffs

@mc The VP has no B2B experience. It’s wild to see how many people they put in limbo and then want to hold them accountable even the high performers before this S-Show started.

Has anyone heard anything about layoffs happening in TFB SLED/ENT

@m3 you’re in TFB you’ll be fine
They’re gonna document / hold everyone accountable in Micro from what it looks like. Su-ks because the Sr.Manager has no B2B experience.

@jf I haven't had that kind of convo but I'm sure it's coming. I've finished around 75% Jan and Feb and it's looking like I'll be finishing March around that unless something comes up quickly. But Im in the 50-299 segment. I've had 1 new customer this year and they got some tabs. All my sales have basically been current base accounts adding stuff. I started applying this week for new jobs because after over a decade of T-Mobile I can see the end of the road fast approaching or already here.

@jf sheesh
Sorry to hear. Not sure why they did that when there was a floor for January.

Written up for performance for falling below the 80 percent threshold in January and Feb. anyone else?

@dt well they know the sales are going to be down. I think they are going to have more layoffs then combine it back.

@dt I hope we can last that long. I'm not so worried about getting fired as I am afraid of not being able to pay my bills if things don't get better.

There are current discussions on another reorg taking place combining smb and micro again if sales don’t turn around in q2. Mass layoffs are not currently being planned for Micro.

@ak I can totally relate, the whales took time to close but when you had the luxury of sprinkling in the smaller deals it evened out. Now that our fabulous leadership took that away, they took both micro and SMBs ability to make a good commission check. Plus having everyone work off the most ridiculous addressable list that is archaic they are setting the divisions up for failure. Michelle Wooloff need to be sh!t canned along with Andre. They are the worst pair of leaders I have ever worked underneath.

They just didn't understand how we all made our money. On my team each AE was closing a decent sized sale once a month each and we all know those take time to prospect, build rapport, quote close and implement. We all spent the inbetween times doing smaller quick deals. It made every one from AE up alot of money and felt good because stuff was constantly closing.

Now you either slave away on the little stuff knowing you never close a bigger sale or you spend all your time trying to close that one big sale depending completely on it. I also lost most of my base that I spent years building which really su-ks. I was 140%+ last year and now I'm afraid I need to find a new job.

Bro, everything in this company is poorly run. They just got lucky and bullsh-tted you for five years straight. Just getting it?

Honestly, it feels like one of those situations where the people who made the call are completely dug in and convinced it’s going to work, no matter what the results say. I wouldn’t be shocked if this drags on for another couple quarters before leadership finally admits something has to change.

And when they do, I can totally see them merging micro and SMB again and using that to lay off some additional people. The CEO even said on the last all‑hands that TFB is slower to ramp because of the long sales cycle… which just tells me someone is feeding him bad info.